Pulmonary hypertension : the present and future / Norbert F. Voelkel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Voelkel, Norbert F., author.

Contributor:

Voelkel, Norbert F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pulmonary hypertension.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Place of Publication:

Shelton, Connecticut : People's Medical Publishing House, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pulmonary hypertension is a world#65533;wide problem which is gaining greater attention and is more frequently diagnosed now, more than the past ten or twenty years, because of the use and interpretation of echocardiograms. Pulmonary Hypertension raises questions and discusses concepts which will address the issue of etiology of pulmonary hypertension, its pathobiology with its close proximity to cancer, and the consequences of severe PH which is right heart failure and death.

Contents:

""Pulmonary Hypertension: The Present and Future ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""1: The Wide Spectrum of Pulmonary Vascular Diseases: ""The Sick Lung Circulation"" ""; ""2: Mechanisms of Lung Vascular Remodeling ""; ""3: Ion Channels and Transporters in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension ""; ""4: Reconciling Matrix Remodeling and Vasoconstriction in Pulmonary Hypertension ""; ""5: The Immune Response in Pulmonary Hypertension ""; ""6: The Pathobiology of the Complex Vascular Lesions in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension - Angiogenesis and Cancer ""; ""7: Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease ""

""8: Left Heart-Related Pulmonary Venous Hypertension """"9: Pulmonary Hypertension and Interstitial Lung Disease ""; ""10: Animal Models of Pulmonary Hypertension ""; ""11: Right Heart Failure in Pulmonary Hypertension ""; ""12: Genetics of Severe Pulmonary Hypertension ""; ""13: Pulmonary Hypertension in Children ""; ""14: Endocrine Aspects of Pulmonary Hypertension ""; ""15: The Role of Exercise in the Prognosis, Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension""; ""16: Treatment Strategies for Severe PAH: The Present and Future ""

""17: Inhaled Drugs for the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension: Challenges and Benefits """"18: Biomarkers, Registries, and Outcomes ""; ""19: On the Pathobiology and Treatment of Cancer and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension ""; ""Epilogue ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed October 17, 2014).

ISBN:

1-60795-214-9

OCLC:

923336948